News summary

  • Heerlen sets nature-inclusive building as new standard for city

    A green facade where bees find food, a roof that cools and retains rainwater and a row of nesting stones in the wall for swifts. In the future this will become more and more normal in Heerlen. The city council has adopted the policy framework 'Nature-inclusive building'. With this, the city is taking a big step toward building where nature is not an afterthought, but a natural part of every design.

  • A fine green space for The Oak

    Alderman Marco Peters of Management and Maintenance and Martien Nillesen of Weller, along with residents and volunteers, officially opened the newly landscaped garden at senior citizen complex De Eik.

  • Grid reinforcement Palemig to start

    Work has started on strengthening the power grid. Palemig will be the first neighborhood in Heerlen ready for the future.

  • Pancratius apartment transformed into green and social meeting place

    Together with the tenants association of the Pancratiusflat and Woonzorg Nederland, the municipality of Heerlen contributed to greening the passageway at Op de Nobel. A collaboration between the housing corporation and residents also created a meeting space. Both the indoor and outdoor areas were festively opened by Alderman Marco Peters.

  • From park to park

    With the planting of a Bee Tree, Alderman Marco Peters (Management and Maintenance), together with initiators, children from Eikenderveld Elementary School and others involved, opened the Charles Hennen Park in Eikenderveld. It is now a beautiful place where everything grows and blossoms throughout the year and where local residents can meet.

  • 10 Royal awards

    Friday, April 25, the annual Lintjesregen in the municipality of Heerlen took place. A total of 10 Heerlen citizens received a royal decoration from His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and were appointed Member or Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.

  • South Limburg safety region launches 'most disastrous app ever'

    Receive a notification on your phone when an incident occurs in your area as well as handy tips to be better prepared for all kinds of incidents. That is the power of the new website and app zuidlimburgveilig.nl.

  • Bicycle parking open longer

    Starting at the beginning of this week, the bicycle parking lot on Akerstraat will again be open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday. On Sundays it will be from 12:00 to 18:00.

  • Memorial Day and Liberation Day in Heerlen

    On May 4, it is Remembrance Day. We then commemorate all war victims. On May 5 it's Liberation Day. We celebrate the end of the Second World War in the Netherlands. Also in Heerlen we remember these two days. The municipality organizes on May 4 in cooperation with Comité 4 en 5 mei Heerlen, Joint Neighborhood Foundations Hoensbroek and SBWM/Viergebrook a memorial meeting in Heerlen and Hoensbroek.